Bottle opener



E. CAMP ET AL BOTTLE OPENER Original Ffiled June 5. 1920 S 4 w y m; a:nu r m W m name can

ERNEST CAMP AND ALBERT F. SCHATZEL, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE OPENER.

Application filed June 3, 1920, Serial No. 386,295.

To aZZ whom e't'vnay concern:

Be it known that we, ERNEST CAMP and ALB RT F. Sormrznn, citizens of theUnited States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego andState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bottle Gpeners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to bottle openers and lore particularly to adevice carried by the bottle whereby corks may readily be removedtherefrom.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter, which is simple in construction, maybe applied to bottlespacked in cartons and which, when so applied, may be shifted so that theoperating parts thereof do not in any way interfere with the packing ofthe bottle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentthroughout the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, where for 2 the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred form of our invention and wherein like numeralsdesignate like parts throughout:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a bottle show ing our improved openerattached thereto for use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a bottle showing in solid lines the positionin which the opener is placed when the bottle is being packed forshipment, and in dotted lines the position to which the opener isshifted when it is desired to remove the cork, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of a bottleshowingour improved opener attached to the neck thereof and illustratingin dot-ted lines, the position assumed by the opener when the cork isbeing removed.

teferring now more particularly to the drawings, our improved bottleopener is formed of a single piece of wire and preferably of resilientwire. This wire is provided at one end with a curved portion 10 adaptedto partially encircle the neck of the bottle, to which the device is tobe applied, such curved portion being of suiiicient length that it isreadily retained upon the neck of the bottle, the space 11 between theends thereof, being slightly less than a semicircle.

Renewed September 18, 1922. Serial No. 589,012.

T 1e wire at one end of the curved portion' 10 is provided with ahorizontal extension 12 which is bent back upon itself as at 13. Thewire is provided at each side of the bend 13 with an angularhorizontally disposed bend 1. 1 thereby forming a thumb piece or handgrip portion 15. The free end of the wire forming the hand grip portion15 extends inwardly and engages the neck of the bottle and is providedwith an upward extension 16, which, when the device is applied to theneck of the bottle as clearly shown in Fig. 1, abuts the neck N of thebottle. The end of the upward extension is offset as at 17, said offsetter minating in a second upwardly extending portion 18 sufficientlyspaced from the neck of the bottle to clear the bead S from the necir.The upward end of the extension 18 terminates in a horizontal portion 19extendingrfrom the mouth of the bottle and providedin its end with aloop 20 which is adapted to receive a screw 21 or the like by means ofwhich the loop 20 is secured to the cork G of the bottle.

When the bottle having our device applied thereto is to be packed in acarton, or the like, the extension bearing the thumb piece 15 thereofmay be swung to the position indicated in Fig. 2, so that it extendsover the shoulder 3 of the bottle and will not interfere with thepacking thereof. When it is desired to remove the cork the device may berotated so as to bring the thumb piece to the position grasped by theend for this purpose.

It will be obvious, to those familiar with the art, that by the use ofour remover, the use two hands in opening a bottle is unnecessary, andthat furthermore, by holding the thumb piece 15 between the thumb andfore finger with the remaining fingers of the hanc grasping the bottle,the position of the cork may be regulated to govern the outlet of thecontents of the bottle as desired.

It will further bev obvious, that in the construction of our device, theparticular formation hereinbefore set forth need not be specificallyadopted, and we therefore do not limit ourselves to such particularconstruction, but may make any such changes, without departing from thespirit of the invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

'Having now described our invention,

what we claim is:

1. A bottle opener of the class described forbottles, provided at theupper end of the neck thereof \vith a bead, comprising, a curved memberadapted without disengagement from the bottle neck to be verticallyshiftable and mounted upon and roof a bottle, said curved member beingprovlded with a horizontally dlsposed portion forming a thumb piece, anupwardly extending portion connected with said thumb piece adapted toengage the outer wall of V the neck'of a bottle through a portion of itslength and provided upon its upper end with a horizontal portion adaptedto extend over the mouth of a bottle and be secured to the cork thereof.

3. A bottle opener of the class described comprising, a single piece ofwire provided upon one end thereof with a curved portion adapted to bemounted'upon and rotatable about the neck ofa bottle,the wire at one endof said curved portion extending horizontally and being provided with'ofiset bends forming a thumb piece, the free end of the portion of thewire forming the thumb piece being adapted to engage: the

neck of a bottle and being provided with' a vertically extending"portion likewise adapted to engage the neck, said vertically extendingportion being provided withan offset terminating in a secondvertically'ex tending portion, the upper end of said last namedvertically extending portion being provided with a horizontal extensionterminating in a loop adapted to be secured to a bottle stopper.

4-. The combination with a bottle embodying oppositely directedshoulders and the usual neck, provided at the upper end 7 thereof with abead,'of a member vertically shiftable without disengagement from thebottle neck and rotatably mounted upon the neckbelow the head of thebottle embody: ing, a vertical portion adaptedto have secured thereto 'acork' and a thumb piece whereby the member may be shifted, said thumbpiece being adapted .to normally overlie one of the shoulders of thebottle.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures.

ERNEST CAMP. ALBERT F. 'SCHATZEL.

